HAVANA - Political prisoner Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello, age 54,
who has been on a hunger strike since July 16, has shown signs
of physical deterioration recently, according to information provided
by Ileana Someillan, a representative of the Support Committee.

A press release says Roque Cabello, president of the Cuban
Institute of Independent Economists and co-signer of the document "The
Motherland Belongs to All of Us," has been suffering from serious
gastrointestinal complications, stomach cramps and fatigue.

The source indicated that the opposition member is being kept in the
hospital in a walled-in cell. The dissident issued a statement in which
she indicated that she will engage in stronger measures on September 2
which will involve intensifying her protest in what she has called "A
Silence for Irony" if she doesn't get a reply to her appeal to the Supreme
Court. That appeal was made 4-1/2 months ago.